Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-28
OTHER KINDS OF FRUITS,
| The Culture of Olives, Figs and Decidu-

The Culture of Olives, Figs and Decidu-
Gus Fruits-Smsl1 Fruit Growing.
Olive trees were planted here early in
| the golden era, and in all cases they grew
well and produced largely. In all the
towns, old mining camps and on most of
the ranches there are olive trees that are
from fifteen to twenty feet high, and they
produce a fine olive. Within the last
two years a good many orchards
have been planted. John c. GRAY,
has planted 4500 olive trees one forty y-five
| acres, near Wyandotte, five miles east of
Oroville. His soil is decomposed slate.
and is at an elevation of 650 feet in the
| foothills. This soil is rich and deep and is
in the frostless belt. Dr. Jenkins has put
out large olive orchard in Paradise val
| ley, 20 miles east of Oroville. He put out
| the picohne and Messina varieties, and
| there are several others who are engaging
in the production of olives and olive oil.
| When we consider that California is the
only portion of the United States adapted
to the production of olives and olive oil,
and that the importation of these products
! to this country amounts to hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars, it must be apparent
that many of the hi!lsides in this basin will
be covered with olive orchards, and that
|
annually amount to large sum.
! RAISING FIGS.
| From the earliest days of the gold-seekers
the Mission fig has been planted and
grown here In all the towns, old mining
camps and on almost all the ranches there
are giant fig trees, which overshadow the
houses and throw dense shade over the
yards. They are prolific bearers and
the fruit is of good quality
when properly dried and packed. In later
years larger numbers Of the white Adriatic
and Smyrna fig trees have been planted,
and soon this region will produce thou
sands of boxes of dried figs that viii sue
cessfuily compete with the imported
article. All these new varieties
grow well and produce su-
perior fruit, and there is no region of
all the foothills that presents greater in
| ducements to those desiring to engage in
| the industry than is offered here
DECIDUoUs FRUITS.
| Apples OF the best quality are produced
on the foothills at elevations from 1000 to
5000 feet, and there are thousands of acres
of cheap lands that can be had fol this
production. There is good home demand
for good apples, and the islands of the
! Pacific, Australia and New Zealand afford
a good foreign market.
Pears, both summer and winter varie-
| ties, flourish here, and are largely produced
/, in the valleys and on the hillsdes. The
demand for them is unlimited for ship
ment beyond the mountains The profits
of a good, full-bearing pear orchard are
so large as to assure the rapid extension of
the areas devoted to this industry
Peaches, plums, cherries, apricots and
nectarines are grown in hundreds of
| orchards scattered all over this region, and
every year new orchards are being planted
In ten years the production of these va
| rieties of fruit will be measured by the
| hundreds of carloads.
SMALL FRUITS.
All kinds of small fruits are grown in all
| the valleys and along the slopes of the foot
hills. There is no branch of horticulture
that gives such large aud rapid returns as
the raising of strawberries, blackberries
and raspberries. 1t is not uncommon to
sell from $500 to S400 worth of these small
fruits from an acre of ground in a season.
1t is from these sales largely that people of
small means starting in Embarrassing in the
foothills support themselves till their trees
and vines grow to bearing age.